Selected Essays (Hume David)(Paperback)

Selected Essays (Hume David)(Paperback)

In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Mortal, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), comprehensively shows how far he succeeded. As seen in these

David Hume on Morals, Politics, and Society (Hume David)(Paperback)

A compact and accessible edition of Hume's political and moral writings with essays by a distinguished set of contributors A key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume was a major influence on thinkers ranging from Kant and Schopenhauer to Einstein and Popper, and his writings continue to

The Cambridge Companion to Hume (Norton David Fate)(Paperback)

Each Cambridge Companion to a philosophical figure is made up of specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, providing students and non-specialists with an introduction to a major philosopher. The series aims to dispel the intimidation that readers may feel when faced with

On Suicide (Hume David)(Paperback / softback)

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Hume David)(Paperback)

David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding is the definitive statement of the greatest philosopher in the English language. His arguments in support of reasoning from experience, and against the 'sophistry and illusion'of religiously inspired philosophical fantasies, caused controversy in

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Hume David)(Paperback / softback)

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Hume David)(Paperback)

This 1748 treatise by David Hume offers an accessible account of his unprecedented and challenging notions about the limitations of the human mind. It expounds the most influential theory of causality in modern times -- one that prompted Kant to create an entirely new school of thought. Highly

Letters of Intent - Selected Essays (Ozick Cynthia (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A selection of essays by the acclaimed and beloved writer Cynthia Ozick, collected by David

Ornament & Crime - Selected Essays (Loos Adolf)(Paperback / softback)

Dialogues and Natural History of Religion (Hume David)(Paperback)

David Hume is one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in English. His Dialogues ask if a belief in God can be inferred from what is known of the universe, or whether such a belief is even consistent with such knowledge. The Natural History of Religion investigates the origins of

Selected Essays, 1934-1943 (Weil Simone)(Paperback)

Introducing the Selected Works of Simone Weil Weil's many essays written over her short life cover a very wide range of topics. This important collection contains several that have been long unavailable. There is deep integrity in this diverse collection. Many are directed to social and political

Serious Noticing - Selected Essays (Wood James)(Paperback / softback)

The selected essays of James Wood - our greatest living literary critic and author of How Fiction Works'James Wood is a close reader of

Hume's Scepticism: Pyrrhonian and Academic (Fosl Peter S.)(Paperback)

Making a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume's scepticism Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He does this by first situating Hume's thought historically in

Non-native Speaker - Selected and Sundry Essays (Cantalupo Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Hume: A Very Short Introduction (Harris James A.)(Paperback)

David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Unlike some of his famous contemporaries, however, he was not dogmatically committed to idealised conceptions of reason, liberty, and progress. Instead, Hume was a

How To Read Hume (Blackburn Simon)(Paperback / softback)

David Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and essayist and a central figure of the Enlightenment. This book describes how Hume can be considered one of the earliest, and most successful, evolutionary

One Way and Another - New and Selected Essays (Phillips Adam)(Paperback / softback)

Reflections in the Library: Selected Literary Essays 1926-1944 (Szerb Antal)(Paperback)

Politické myšlení Davida Huma - Adéla Rádková

David Hume byl jedním z předních filozofů osmnáctého století, který svými myšlenkami ovlivnil mnoho generací, a jen obtížně nalezneme nějakého studenta filozofie, který by se s jeho dílem nesetkal. Největší interpretační pozornost se však tradičně soustředí na Humova

Selected Essays (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

This selection brings together thirty of Woolf's best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this

Selected Essays (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback / softback)

This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of

Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - with Hume's Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature and A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh (Hume David)(Paperback / softback)

Selected Political Writings - The Great Moving Right Show and Other Essays(Paperback / softback)

Selected Literary Essays (Lewis C. S.)(Paperback)

This volume includes over twenty of C. S. Lewis's most important literary essays, written between 1932 and 1962. The topics discussed range from Chaucer to Kipling, from 'The Literary Impact of the Authorized Version' to 'Psycho-Analysis and Literary Criticism, ' from Shakespeare and Bunyan to Sir